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UWSP To Make Experiential Learning a General Degree Requirement

Following the implementation of a new General Education Program, experiential learning will become a requirement for all University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point students next fall. “Experiential learning is a type of engaged learning in which students are able to blend both real world experience with what they’re learning in traditional classrooms. It brings together hands-on learning and more intellectual, abstract learning,” ... Read More »

Mexican Activist Talks Drugs, Guns and US Policies

The University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point’s Latin American/ Caribbean speaker series coordinated with the activist group Witness for Peace to bring Francisco Cerezo, a founding member of the human rights organization Comité Cerezo, to campus last Thursday to speak about the effects the United States’ War on Drugs is having on the Mexican people. Since 2007, the drug war has claimed ... Read More »

Mid-State Technical College on the Move

Mid-State Technical College is aiming to finish construction on their new downtown location by mid-March and hopes to begin holding classes there in the summer session of 2014. One of the benefits of moving to the new building will be having substantially more space. The downtown location offers close to 20,000 square feet more than they have at their current ... Read More »

Improving the Grid

Students have a new alcohol policy on campus that they must adhere to, the Alcohol Sanctioning Grid. The grid is a list of disciplinary outcomes for anyone who does not follow the University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point alcohol policies. Students are expected to acknowledge this year’s improved grid protocol for alcohol consumption. If disregarded, it could lead to abiding consequences. ... Read More »

Remedial Education Helps Students Achieve

The UW System will be examining remedial education to identify the best practices implemented at UW institutions. “Remedial education is the term the UW System applies to the course used to remediate skills necessary for college level learning,” said Greg Summers, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. Students can be placed in remedial classes, such as English or mathematics, ... Read More »

Raising Disability Awareness

The Disability and Assistive Technology Center, along with the Disability Advisory Council, will be hosting a series of seminars and presentations to increase awareness about disabilities. Celebrate All Abilities is an October disability awareness program coinciding with National Disability Employment Awareness, which is also in the month of October. The Disability and Assistive Technology Center provides almost 500 students on ... Read More »

Improving the Grid

Vanessa Vincent vvinc350@uwsp.edu Students have a new alcohol policy on campus that they must adhere to, the Alcohol Sanctioning Grid. The grid is a list of disciplinary outcomes for anyone who does not follow the University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point alcohol policies. Students are expected to acknowledge this year’s improved grid protocol for alcohol consumption. If disregarded, it could lead ... Read More »

Mexican Activist Talks Drugs, Guns and US Policies

Nathaniel Dalton ndalt398@uwsp.edu The University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point’s Latin American/ Caribbean speaker series coordinated with the activist group Witness for Peace to bring Francisco Cerezo, a founding member of the human rights organization Comite´ Cerezo, to campus last Thursday to speak about the effects the United States’ War on Drugs is having on the Mexican people. Since 2007, the drug ... Read More »

Mid-State Technical College on the Move

Sarah McQueen & Emily Margeson smcqu643@uwsp.edu & emarg634@uwsp.edu Mid-State Technical College is aiming to finish construction on their new downtown location by mid- March and hopes to begin holding classes there in the summer session of 2014. One of the benefits of moving to the new building will be having substantially more space. The downtown location offers close to 20,000 ... Read More »

Raising Disability Awareness

Rachel Pukall rpuka198@uwsp.edu The Disability and Assistive Technology Center, along with the Disability Advisory Council, will be hosting a series of seminars and presentations to increase awareness about disabilities. Celebrate All Abilities is an October disability awareness program coinciding with National Disability Employment Awareness, which is also in the month of October. The Disability and Assistive Technology Center provides almost ... Read More »